Improvement in machines for shaving shingles



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J. R. KIDDER.

MACHINES FOR SHAVING SHINGLES. No.186,138.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSHUA R. KIDDER, OF ALBION, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR SHAVING SHINGLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 186,188, dated January9, 1877 application filed November 11, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA R. KIDDER, of Albion, in the county of Erieand State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Shaving Shingles and I do hereby declarethat the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a machine for shaving shingles, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a hori zoutal section on line a 00,Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section on line 3/ y, Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a bottom view of table E. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of knifeand gage, and Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional details of table E.

A represents a suitable frame-work, in the center of which. is verticalroller B, provided with a sweep, O, for the attachment of a horse forrotating the roller. Through the roller B, at a suitable point, ispassed a horizontal beam, D, on the under side of which, at each end, isattached a knife, a. In front of this knife is a yielding gage, b,cdlilnected to arms 01 d, projecting from the beam D. E is theworktable, secured in the frame A, and provided in its upper surfacewith two inclined recesses, e 0. At the shallow end of each recess areteeth f, projecting up through the table, and attached to a spring-bar,G, underneath. For each spring-bar G there is a shoe, H, in a mortise inthe table, and connected by a pin, 5, with the spring-bar.

For operation, the machine is staked to suitable logs, and the horsehitched to the sweep O and started around. One shingle is then placed inthe first sink or recess e at the left hand. As the knive a passes overthis shingle it shaves one side thereof. This shingle is then turnedover and placed in the righthand sink, and another in the left hand, andthe knife passes over them both, and shaves the left-hand shingle andfinishes the righthand shingle. In the right-hand sink or recess e is apin, h, attached to a spring-bar, I, to throw the shingle out of therecess, the bar being operated by a shoe, J, when the beam D passes overthe shoe and presses the same down.

The shingles are held in the sinks by the teeth f, which are presseddown by the beam passing over the shoes H. After the shingles are shavedby this machine they are edged by an ordinary edger.

By the use of my machine the shingles will be all of uniform size.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The yielding gages b b, arranged in front of the knives a a, incombination with roller B and beam D, as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the table E, having sinks or recesses e e, thestopsff, spring-bars G G, and shoes H H, as and for the purposes hereinset forth.

3. The pin h, spring-bar I, and shoe J, arranged in the table E, as andfor the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOSHUA R. KIDDER.

Witnesses:

S. J. CARTER, G. 0. CARTER.

